شبنم

Azerbaijani

Noun

شبنم

1. Arabic spelling of şəbnəm

Proper noun

شبنم

1. Arabic spelling of Şəbnəm

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شبنم • (šabnam)

1. dew

Declension

Declension of شبنم (šabnam)

singular plural nominative شبنم šabnam — — genitive شبنمنینگ šabnamning — — definite accusative شبنمنی šabnamni — — dative شبنمغە šabnamgä — — ablative شبنمدین šabnamdin — — locative شبنمدە šabnamdä — — possessive forms first person singular singular plural nominative شبنمیم šabnamim — — genitive شبنمیمنینگ šabnamimning — — definite accusative شبنمیمنی šabnamimni — — dative شبنمیمغە šabnamimgä — — ablative شبنمیمدین šabnamimdin — — locative شبنمیمدە šabnamimdä — — second person singular* singular plural nominative شبنمینگ šabnaming — — genitive شبنمینگنینگ šabnamingning — — definite accusative شبنمینگنی šabnamingni — — dative شبنمینگغە šabnaminggä — — ablative شبنمینگدین šabnamingdin — — locative شبنمینگدە šabnamingdä — — third person singular singular plural nominative شبنمی šabnami — — genitive شبنمینینگ šabnamining — — definite accusative شبنمینی šabnamini — — dative شبنمیغە šabnamigä — — ablative شبنمیدین šabnamidin — — locative شبنمیدە šabnamidä — — first person plural singular plural nominative شبنمیمیز šabnamimiz — — genitive شبنمیمیزنینگ šabnamimizning — — definite accusative شبنمیمیزنی šabnamimizni — — dative شبنمیمیزغە šabnamimizgä — — ablative شبنمیمیزدین šabnamimizdin — — locative شبنمیمیزدە šabnamimizdä — — second person plural* singular plural nominative شبنمینگیز šabnamingiz — — شبنمینگلار šabnaminglär — — genitive شبنمینگیزنینگ šabnamingizning — — شبنمینگلارنینگ šabnaminglärning — — definite accusative شبنمینگیزنی šabnamingizni — — شبنمینگلارنی šabnaminglärni — — dative شبنمینگیزغە šabnamingizgä — — شبنمینگلارغە šabnaminglärgä — — ablative شبنمینگیزدین šabnamingizdin — — شبنمینگلاردین šabnaminglärdin — — locative شبنمینگیزدە šabnamingizdä — — شبنمینگلاردە šabnaminglärdä — — third person plural singular plural nominative شبنملاری šabnamläri — — شبنمی šabnami — — genitive شبنملارینینگ šabnamlärining — — شبنمینینگ šabnamining — — definite accusative شبنملارینی šabnamlärini — — شبنمینی šabnaminglärni — — dative شبنملاریغە šabnamlärigä — — شبنمیغە šabnamigä — — ablative شبنملاریدین šabnamläridin — — شبنمیدین šabnamidin — — locative شبنملاریدە šabnamläridä — — شبنمیدە šabnamidä — — *second person singular forms are informal, for polite second person singular forms use second person plural forms

Descendants

• Uyghur: شەبنەم (shebnem)
• Uzbek: shabnam

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبْنَم • (şebnem)

1. dew

Descendants

• Turkish: şebnem

Proper noun

شَبْنَم • (Şebnem)

1. a female given name, Şebnem, Shebnem, or Shabnam

Descendants

• Turkish: Şebnem

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبْنَم • (šabnám) m

1. dew

Persian

Etymology

From شب (šab, “night”) +‎ نم (nam, “moisture, humidity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃab.ˈnam/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.nám]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.nám]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.nám]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.nám]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæb.nǽm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.nám]

Readings
Classical reading?	šabnam
Dari reading?	šabnam
Iranian reading?	šabnam
Tajik reading?	šabnam

Noun

شبنم • (šabnam) (plural شبنم‌ها (šabnam-hā / šabnam-hâ), Tajik spelling шабнам)

1. dew

   Synonyms: بژم (bažm), ژاله (žâle)

   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Tour of the city of Maghadin”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[1]:

     شبنمی؟ افتندگی تقدیر تست
     قلزمی؟ پایندگی تقدیر تست

     šabnam-ē? uftandigī taqdīr-i tu-st
     qulzum-ē? pāyandigī taqdīr-i tu-st

     Are you a dew-drop? Your destiny is to perish;
     are you an ocean? Your destiny is to endure.

     (Indo-Persian script)

Alternative forms

• شونم (šownam) (dialectal)

Descendants

• → Bengali: শবনম (śobonom)
• → Chagatai: شبنم (šbnm)
  • Uyghur: شەبنەم (shebnem)
  • Uzbek: shabnam
• → Gujarati: શબનમ (śabnam)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शबनम (śabnam)

  Urdu: شَبْنَم (śabnam)

• → Northern Luri: شۋنم (şünem)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: شَبْنَم (şebnem)
  • Azerbaijani: şəbnəm
  • Ottoman Turkish: شبنم (şebnem)
    • Turkish: şebnem
• → Pashto: شَبْنَم (šabnám)
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi script: شَبْنَم (śabnam)
• → Sindhi: شَبِنَمِ (śabinami)

Proper noun

شبنم • (šabnam) (Tajik spelling Шабнам)

1. a female given name, Shabnam

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Şəbnəm
• → Bengali: শবনম (śobonom)
• → Gujarati: શબનમ (śabnam)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शबनम (śabnam)

  Urdu: شَبْنَم (śabnam)

• → Ottoman Turkish: شبنم (Şebnem)
  • Turkish: Şebnem

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnam) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਬਨਮ)

1. dew

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شبنم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبِنَمِ • (śabinami) f (Devanagari शबिनमि)

1. dew

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “شَبِنَمِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَبْنَم (šabnam). By surface analysis, شَب (śab, “night”) +‎ نَم (nam, “moisture”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəb.nəm/
• Rhymes: -əm

Proper noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnam) f (Hindi spelling शबनम)

1. a female given name, Shabnam, from Persian

Declension

Declension of شبنم

	singular	plural
direct	شَبْنَم (śabnam)	شَبْنَمیں (śabnamẽ)
oblique	شَبْنَم (śabnam)	شَبْنَموں (śabnamõ)
vocative	شَبْنَم (śabnam)	شَبْنَمو (śabnamo)

Derived terms

• (Diminutives) شَبّو (śabbo)

Noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnam) f (Hindi spelling शबनम)

1. dew

   Synonyms: اوس (os), ژالَہ (źāla)

Declension

Declension of شبنم

	singular	plural
direct	شَبْنَم (śabnam)	شَبْنَمیں (śabnamẽ)
oblique	شَبْنَم (śabnam)	شَبْنَموں (śabnamõ)
vocative	شَبْنَم (śabnam)	شَبْنَمو (śabnamo)

Further reading

• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “شبنم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 813
• Platts, John T. (1884), “شبنم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 721
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شبنم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 400
• “شبنم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “شبنم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• “شبنم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.